County: Lincoln

Authority Name: Kemmerer (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry 

Longitude: 1103216W

Latitude: 414733N 

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Elevation:  7211/2198

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Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named after M. S. Kemmerer who was a New York capitalist. He became interested in the coal mines and the mines and the town were named after him.

Source: WPA

In 1897 P.J. Quealy, coal inspector for Wyoming, recognized the value of coal veins being opened near Diamondville. He obtained the backing of Mahlon S. Kemmerer of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, and organized a mining company here. 

Source: Annals 14(3)

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History:

The Kemmerer Post Office was established as Hams Fork Post Office in December, 1894. It was changed to Kemmerer Post Office in December, 1897.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

An important town and incorporated city in Uinta County, on the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Coal mining is the principal industry. A very superior quality of semi-bituminous coal is mined here at the rate of about 3,000 tons per day, giving employment to a large force of men. Kemmerer was located in September, 1897, since which time it has enjoyed a rapid growth, which is by no means at an end. Located on Ham's Fork, a beautiful stream, with good schools, electric lights, water works, fine business blocks and neat homes, Kemmerer is a very desirable place to live and will continue to grow. It is predicted that a new county will be created from the upper part of Uinta County and that Kemmerer will become the county seat. A distributing point and commands a large patronage from ranch and stockmen of the upper Green River Valley extending north for one hundred and fifty miles.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Kemmerer

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